Shoulder: Rotator Cuff

Suprascapular Neuropathy

Boykin RE, Friedman DJ, Higgins LD, et al (Massachusetts General Hosp, Boston; New York Univ School of Medicine; Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Boston, MA) J Bone Joint Surg Am 92:2348-2364, 2010^§

Abstract

Suprascapular neuropathy has often been overlooked as a source of shoulder pain.

The condition may be more common than once thought as it is being diagnosed more frequently.

Etiologies for suprascapular neuropathy may include repetitive overhead activities, traction from a rotator cuff tear, and compression from a space-occupying lesion at the suprascapular or spinoglenoid notch.

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